EngageAR AmeriCorps Programs
2021-2022
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EngageAR Arkansas AmeriCorps Program Map
AmeriCorps Life Coach Project
8 AmeriCorps Members serve as life coaches, providing assistance to Arkansans working to complete their GED in order to prepare and equip them for a successful career.
Host Organization: AR Division of Workforce Service, Adult Education Section / AR Adult Learning Resource Center
Service Term: Part-Time; September-August
Counties Served: Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Clay, Conway, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Howard, and Johnson
Contact: Marsha Taylor, Program Director
Address: 124 West Capital Ave., Suite 1000, Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-907-2490
Website: http://aalrc.org/adminteachers/specialprograms.html
Arkansas Local Food Navigator
10 AmeriCorps Members serve to decrease food insecurity across Arkansas through outreach with farmers, farmer's markets, and food banks.
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Service Term: Part-Time; September-August
Counties Served: Washington, Pulaski, Craighead, and Jefferson
Contact: Ron Rainy, Program Director
Address: 2301 S. University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: 501-671-2175
Website: https://www.uaex.edu/farm-ranch/economics-marketing/
Arkansas Reads
20 AmeriCorps Members are placed in local literacy councils to provide one-on-one literacy tutoring or English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to adults in Arkansas. Members receive training to become certified Basic English Literacy and/or ESL tutors.
Host Organization: Adult Learning Alliance of Arkansas
Service Term: Part-Time; October-September
Counties Served: Arkadelphia, Faulkner, Franklin, Grant, Johnson, Logan, Miller, Mississippi, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Sebastian, and Washington
Contact: Belinda Sanders, Program Director
Address: 124 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1000, Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-907-2490
Website: https://www.arkansasliteracy.org/
BearsServe Leaders
16 AmeriCorps Members provide tutoring and mentoring programs, food recovery and gardening programs, and financial literacy programs at nonprofit community partner sites. Operated through the UCA Service-Learning Program, BearsServe Leaders allows UCA students to serve their communities and develop their own leadership skills.
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Service Term: Part-Time; August-May
Counties Served: Faulkner
Contact: Victoria Mays, Program Director
Address: 201 Donaghey Ave, Torreyson West 324, Conway, AR 72035
Phone: 501-852-0245
Website: https://uca.edu/americorps/bear-serve-leaders-draft/
Community Service, Inc. Tutoring and Mentoring Program
36 AmeriCorps Members expand services of the organization by providing educational programs consisting of tutoring, mentoring, and summer learning to youth ages 10-18 throughout the state.
CNCS Focus Area: Education 
Service Term: Part-time October-July; Part-time Summer
Communities Served: Clarksville, Conway, Danville, Heber Springs, Morrilton, Mountain View, and Russellville
Contact: Melanie Ewing, Program Director
Address: PO Box 679, Morrilton, AR 72110
Phone: 501-354-4589
Website: http://www.csiyouth.com/tutoring-and-mentoring-program/
Every Arkansan AmeriCorps Program
18 AmeriCorps Members provide education support during afterschool hours and summer break to youth in communities across central Arkansas, facilitating after-school programs and increasing food supplies to families living in low income.
Service Term: Full-Time and Part-Time; September-August
Counties Served: Pulaski
Contact: Caffhanie Calloway, AmeriCorps Program Director
Address: 1900 Pine Street, North Little Rock, AR 72114
Phone: 501-297-3901
Website: https://ardreamcenter.tv/
Full Circle FarmCorps
25 AmeriCorps Members address food insecurity and help provide access to healthy foods via school and community gardens in Pulaski and Sebastian Counties. 
Host Organizations: Arkansas Resource Conservation and Development Council in Partnership with St. Joseph Center of Arkansas
Service Term: Full-Time; September-August
Communities Served: Central and Western Arkansas
Contact: A.B. Stewart, AmeriCorps Program Director
Address: 6800 Camp Robinson Road, North Little Rock, AR 72118
Phone: 501-993-4560
Website: https://www.stjosephcenter.org/national-service
Future Teacher Initiative
30 Americorps Members tutor at-risk preschool students in southeast Arkansas to ensure students are socially, emotionally, and academically prepared for kindergarten.
Host Organizations: South East Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
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Service Term: Part-Time; September-June
Counties Served: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Desha, and Drew
Contact: Kim Pesaresi, AmeriCorps Program Director
Address: 1022 Scogin Drive, Monticello, AR 71655
Phone: 870-367-4874
Website: https://www.searkcoop.com/118040_2
Jumpstart Arkansas
30 AmeriCorps Members serve in Fort Smith pre-school classrooms using the Jumpstart for Young Children curriculum to ensure kindergarten readiness. Jumpstart partners with universities and colleges to recruit college students to serve in preschool classrooms in underserved communities.
Host Organizations: University of Arkansas Fort Smith
Service Term: Part-Time; August-May
Counties Served: Sebastian
Contact: Kimberly Taylor, AmeriCorps Program Director
Address: 5210 Grant Ave., Fort Smith, AR 72913
Phone: 479-788-7912
Website: https://education.uafs.edu/jumpstart
Neighborhood Red Wolves Community Engagement Program
18 AmeriCorps members mentor and tutor students in grades 7-12 to support increased math proficiency and college readiness. Members are provided with comprehensive training and professional development that not only equips them to successfully serve the community but also to support their personal and professional growth and development
Host Organizations: Arkansas State University
Service Term: Full-Time and Part-Time; September- August
Community Served: Jonesboro
Contact: Dr. Brenda Randle, AmeriCorps Program Director, Dr. Lonnie Williams, AmeriCorps Program Director
Address: 2105 East Aggie Rd. Jonesboro, AR 72401
Phone: 870-972-3081
Website: https://www.astate.edu/a/diversity/neighborhood-red-wolves/
Our House AmeriCorps Program
28 AmeriCorps members provide job placement services and job support to unemployed and underemployed homeless or near-homeless adults; school-readiness interventions, development support, and educational programming for pre-school children who are homeless or near-homeless, and out-of-school time programming for K-12 students who are homeless or near-homeless.
Service Term: Part-Time/Full-time; September-February; March-August
Counties Served: Pulaski
Contact: Priscilla Barnes, Program Director
Address: 302 E. Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, AR 72206
Phone: 501-374-7383 Ext. 137
Website: https://ourhouseshelter.org/americorps/
Pfeifer Camp
12 AmeriCorps Members mentor and tutor elementary students in Little Rock in both a school and camp setting with the goal of improving academics and behavior in at-risk 3rd – 5th-grade students. Members receive extensive training in the areas of First Aid/CPR, Reciprocal Teaching, Reality Therapy, Outdoor Living Skills, Environmental Education, Team-building initiatives, and conflict resolution.
Host Organizations: Kiwanis Activities 
Service Term: Full-Time; September-July
Counties Served: Pulaski
Contact: Binky Martin-Tollette, Program Director
Address: 5512 Ferndale Cutoff Rd., Little Rock, AR 72223
Phone: 501-821-3714
Website: https://www.pfeifercamp.com/
Smart Start
40 AmeriCorps Members tutor students at increased risk for academic failure in math and literacy in southeast Arkansas schools. Members receive training in literacy and math intervention techniques.
Host Organizations: Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
CNCS Focus Area: Education
Service Term: Part-Time; September-May
Counties Served: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Dallas, Desha, and Lincoln
Contact: Jenny Satterlee, Program Director
Address: 1022 Scogin Drive, Monticello, AR 7165
Phone: 870-367-4825
Website: https://www.searkcoop.com/118040_2
Planning Grants
Planning grants provide organizations resources to explore the feasibility and development of an AmeriCorps Program.
Planning Grant Announcements coming soon!
